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India’s States Increase Health Spending, But Will They Spend Effectively? 

EU-Africa talks pose larger questions on aid and security 

Africa’s population boom fuelling ‘unstoppable’ migration to Europe 

The Culture Of Health Action Framework And Systems Science: Opportunities And Challenges 

PHM Europe meeting London, 9 October 2016 

In the Breast Cancer Fight, New Donor Attention to Race and Inequity 

‘Massive scale-up’ needed if global targets on tuberculosis are to be met – top UN health official 

World Health Organization warns that global tuberculosis fight is billions of dollars behind 

WHO: Global Tuberculosis Report 2016 

Why Is The News About TB So Bad? 

Why is multidrug-resistant TB a health security threat? 

A Winning TB Surveillance Strategy for Ukraine 

How the world is slowly winning the war against malaria 

UNICEF: Vaccine price drop will save millions of child lives 

UNICEF Tender Allows Gavi To Supply Vaccines For Millions Of Children 

Nearly 100 Organisations Press For Better Medicines Access In Asian Region RCEP Agreement 

An open letter to the sixteen governments negotiating the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) 

Eli Lilly Commits To Healthcare For 30 Million People In Middle-Income Countries And US By 2030 

55 Civil Society Groups Ask US Government To Allow Export Of Affordable Version Of Prostate Cancer Drug Xtandi 

This is how Modi government aims to meet UN development goals 

Bitter Harvest: Cassava and Konzo, the Crippling Disease 

Clean air for livable cities 

A Global Green Funder Tries its Hand at Community-Level Climate Justice 

Climate change could drive 122M more people into extreme poverty by 2030 

How to find a resilient solution to extreme poverty 

Eradicating poverty — a lofty ideal or achievable goal? 

World Food Program USA and Cargill partner to strengthen local food security 

The world’s future hinges on supporting 10-year-old girls, says UN 

The US presidential: Threatening future to health 

Clinton and Trump: A tale of two foundations 

Talking Disputes Philip Morris v. Uruguay AN ICTSD/WTI ADVISORS EVENT – 27 October 2016 

17 October 2016: USTR Ambassador Michael Froman’s reflections on the United Nations High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines